Community seems to agree and did not like this behavior. On Reddit /r/python and /r/learnpython has removed links to Zed's tutorials. While Zed is a respected community member and has done a lot of hard work for making Python available especially for newcomers, he might be have been little bit too emotional and less rational with the latest blog post.
-M On 24 November 2016 at 17:21, Tom Lazar <[email protected]> wrote: > I can literally +1 *all* of the previous replies. > > Sent from a phone, please excuse the brevity. > > On 24 Nov 2016, at 15:08, John Anderson <[email protected]> wrote: > > For the last 2 years every project I've worked on has been Python3 only. > At SurveyMonkey we had ~60 different services and ported all shared code > between them to Python3 four years ago and started shipping production > Python3 two years ago. > > It is a much better language and it really annoys me working on Python2 > these days. I think it is ridiculous to even discuss the transition these > days. Yes, it was horrible but at this point every important library has > been ported and it is no longer an issue to use Python3. > > > On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 9:40 AM, Chris Rossi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Transition could have been better handled, but Python 3 is great once you >> get over. >> >> Chris >> >> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Thierry Florac <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Perfectly agree with previous comments! >>> I can't estimate the theory behind Turing machines and so on. But on a >>> practical point of view, I worked for a long time with Python 2 and Zope 3 >>> and had to upgrade all my private packages to use them with Python 3 >>> (starting with Python 3.) and Pyramid: the result is according to me much >>> cleaner and simpler than it was before, especially for many strings >>> management concerns! >>> Finally I prefer using Python 3 today, and as all major libraries have >>> now been ported to it, compatibility is no more a major concern with it. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Thierry >>> >>> 2016-11-24 13:03 GMT+01:00 Christoph Zwerschke <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Has the same taste as the recent election campaign. Start with >>>> extraordinary and alarming, but totally false and uneducated claims >>>> ("Python 3 is not Turing complete", "you can't run Python 2 and Python 3 >>>> along with each other" etc.) and conclude that we should revert everything >>>> and do things in the old ways. Same spirit as "climate change is a hoax, >>>> let's continue to burn fossil fuel" or "who needs diversity, let's continue >>>> to make politics for straight white male people only as we did in the good >>>> old 1950s." >>>> >>>> My personal experiences with Python 3 are very positive, I do not >>>> perceive things as "broken", but moving into the right direction. Many >>>> mistakes that have been made in the beginning of the transition have >>>> already been fixed. And I see Python 3.6 as another great step forward. >>>> Evolution is good, don't worry, don't be stagnant. >>>> >>>> -- Christoph >>>> >>>> >>>> Am 24.11.2016 um 12:03 schrieb Vinicius Assef: >>>> >>>>> Hey guys. >>>>> >>>>> As Pyramid was the first framework supporting Python 3, what do you >>>>> think about this position? >>>>> >>>>> https://learnpythonthehardway.org/book/nopython3.html >>>>> >>>>> What are your experiences regarding Python 3 as broken? >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Vinicius Assef >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "pylons-discuss" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>>> gid/pylons-discuss/cce59e52-512c-9fcd-cbb9-832113a6b2c0%40online.de. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.imagesdusport.com -- http://www.ztfy.org >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "pylons-discuss" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/pylons-discuss/CAPX_VWAnt%3DGuuS2Vnyh_mybhXb-pscyQqXX9mc >>> J4ANGfzsShdQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pylons-discuss/CAPX_VWAnt%3DGuuS2Vnyh_mybhXb-pscyQqXX9mcJ4ANGfzsShdQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "pylons-discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/pylons-discuss/CAGZ7LV8Cow5%3DFvKU3BR2kgpsKqraxzy_P%2Bga >> q7W11Zg1QH0s%2BA%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pylons-discuss/CAGZ7LV8Cow5%3DFvKU3BR2kgpsKqraxzy_P%2Bgaq7W11Zg1QH0s%2BA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/pylons-discuss/CAOdFaDXS193WC8y93G%2BT%3DBLa5ATh-aBgqBsusd9obdF%3D% > 3D1CgiA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pylons-discuss/CAOdFaDXS193WC8y93G%2BT%3DBLa5ATh-aBgqBsusd9obdF%3D%3D1CgiA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "pylons-discuss" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/pylons-discuss/421E2BF7-4C58-4143-933B-CE4ACA125D06%40pyfidelity.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/pylons-discuss/421E2BF7-4C58-4143-933B-CE4ACA125D06%40pyfidelity.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Mikko Ohtamaa http://opensourcehacker.com http://twitter.com/moo9000 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "pylons-discuss" group. 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